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This Week in History

January 6, 2012

NIH Launches New Translational Science Center

Dr. Insel

NIMH director Dr. Tom Insel will serve as NCATS acting director

Establishment of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences marks the start of a new era for NIH and translational science. Congress approved NCATS with the fiscal year 2012 spending bill and the President signed it into law on Dec. 23, 2011.

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